Twitter to begin charging brands for commercial use — LONDON - Twitter is planning to charge brands for using the micro-blogging website. — Twitter — Co-founder Biz Stone told Marketing: 'We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them.

$99 iPhone Coming This Summer: RBC (AAPL) — Apple will start selling a cheaper, ‘entry-level’ iPhone sometime this summer, for around $99 after subsidy, according to “checks,” RBC analyst Mike Abramsky said in a note this morning. — The main cost reductions would come from fewer features …

The writing is on the paywall — There has been much interesting speculation about the future of the newspaper business in recent weeks. There was Michael Hirschorn's pre-obituary for the print edition of the New York Times in The Atlantic. He foresees the Times shrinking into “a bigger …

Feed serving and FeedBurner application outage — Issue: FeedBurner stopped serving feeds for about 45 minutes today, starting at approximately 9:15am PST. Most feeds are being served again properly, but we are still working to restore full service. feedburner.google.com is not currently available …

Intel demos first-ever 32nm processors — Intel had a little roadmap event today to shed some light on its massive $7b fab investment, and the focus was mostly on the upcoming transition to 32nm processors — highlighted by the first-ever demo of a working 32nm Nehalem-based Westmere chip.

How to become an iPhonedeveloper in eight easy steps — You've probably heard all about iShoot. Written by a programmer at Sun Microsystems in his spare time, this Worms-style artillery shooter blasted to the top of the App Store charts earlier this year and stayed there for weeks earning …

The Secret to Start-Up Success: Save Customers Money — These days, venture capitalists are ever more cautious with their money. The way to catch their eye? Pitch a company whose mission is to save customers money. — That is the advice from three venture capitalists who invest …

Twitter Fast Growing Beyond Its Messaging Roots — Thanks to its open-ended design and a thriving user community, Twitter is fast outgrowing its roots as a simple, easy-to-use messaging service. Enterprising hackers are creating apps for sharing music and videos, to help you quit smoking and lose weight …

How Microsoft is trying to make its $1.3b Fast Search deal work — Microsoft today will unveil plans to start incorporating Fast Search's technology into its products, rolling out a blueprint for capitalizing on one of the largest acquisitions in its history. — It still remains to be seen if the $1.3 billion deal will pay off.

Open source video player, aggregator Miro goes 2.0 — The team behind open source internet video player Miro have pushed out version 2.0. The new player features a new interface, improved speed and performance, and the ability for users to add links to online streaming video portals like Hulu and CBS.com to the sidebar.

Apple's “sticky” iPhone — When Barclays' Ben Reitzes refers to the “stickiness” of Apple's iPhone, he's not talking about adhesives on the product's surface. (Indeed, the iPhone seems to us as slippery as ever, which may be why there's such a lively market in protective cases.)

Mozilla reveals plans for Firefox 3.2 — Mozilla is planning to include simple-text commands and desktop web apps in the next version of Firefox. — Firefox 3.2 will see the company build the Mozilla Labs project, Ubiquity, into the browser. Ubiquity allows users to type natural language phrases …

Cisco's Cash Hoard Swells Along With Acquisition Rumors — With $30 billion, Cisco Systems likes to point out it has more cash on hand than any other technology company. So why did it just sell $4 billion worth of debt on Monday? — Cisco has been rather upfront about plans to make acquisitions.

SEO Fiascoes: The Trouble with Search Engine Optimization — Long URLs are bogus! Tags like “nude” and “naked” are counterfeits! SEO is a big business, and from what I can tell its proponents are modern snake-oil salesmen. — Search engine optimization (SEO) has turned into a big business …